Walter Gray Manis (1888 - 1955)

Born 25 Dec 1888 in Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mae (Smelser) Manis — married 15 Sep 1910 in Sevier County Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1 May 1955 at age 66 in Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Walter Gray Manis was born on Christmas day 1888. He and Mae Smelser were married in 1910. ^[1][2] The marriage certificate states Ernest Murr was with Walter to bond the marriage. They may have been best friends.

Walter and Mae had four children, of whom four survived. Walter passed away in 1955.^[3] He and Mae are buried at the Knob Creek Baptist church cemetery.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93F-CT52?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1HN%3A1589264711%2C1589374337 : 22 December 2016), Sevier > image 688 of 811; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-RC2X : 14 October 2017), Walter Manis and Mae Smelser, 18 Sep 1910; citing Sevier, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,969.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSKN-154 : 26 August 2019), Walter Gray Manis, 1 May 1955; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
4. ↑ Information provided by Walter's grandchild.
5. ↑ FindAGrave.com #6954861

See also:

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6G-1TV : 24 August 2019), Walter Manes, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZ3-8Z7 : accessed 6 October 2019), Walter G Manes in household of Thomas D Manes, Civil District 9, Sevier, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 13A, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,596.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-64LD?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-BKD%3A792528401%2C796114801%2C801524701%2C801524702 : accessed 31 December 2016), Tennessee > Sevier > Civil District 14, Boyds Creek > image 7 of 28; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.